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Discussion in 'Traditional Customs' started by jeffyg82, Oct 16, 2016.

  1. jeffyg82
    Joined: Dec 23, 2013
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    jeffyg82

    What are these headlights out of on this radical custom!!! I really dig this thing
     

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  2. 4woody
    Joined: Sep 4, 2002
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    Seems unlikely, but they look a bit like '57 Dodge pickup:
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  3. '56 Packard.....
     
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  4. Looks like '56 Packard Caribbean headlights. HRP

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  5. jeffyg82
    Joined: Dec 23, 2013
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    jeffyg82

    The packard was my first thought thanks for the reassurance
     
  6. Looks more like Clipper lights to me.... and the bumper/pan look like they're off the same car.
     
  7. gimpyshotrods
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    Packard, which probably donated the tail lights on that, too.
     
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  8. Bubba1955
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    I think the tail lights are '57 Packard
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  9. Los_Control
    Joined: Oct 7, 2016
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    I think the packards must have copied the dodge trucks ;)

    I wonder if the radical custom did not start out as a packard?
    The bumpers are pretty close also, but roof line on this 55 is totally different. uncle 043.jpg
     
  10. nickgregor
    Joined: Sep 15, 2007
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    from illinois

    It started as a 53 chevy. Built by voodoo Larry out side Chicago. If I remember right it's all metal no filler. It used to be flat. [​IMG]


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  11. Quintin
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    I promise you this car has filler

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  12. I name them...Alan.
     
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  13. Smokin Joe
    Joined: Mar 19, 2002
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    Looks like something Spider man's girlfriend would drive. Looks like Packard to me too.
     
  14. 'Mo
    Joined: Sep 26, 2007
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    That may be, but it would be minimal. Larry Grobe is a meticulous craftsman with mega-talent, as the metal work seen in this construction shot of his "Voo Doo Sahara" will attest.


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  15. Yes, but go dig out a bare metal pic of the Kreeper from years back. If you looked at the above pic of his sahara you would think two different folks did the work. Folks improve. Not a slam, just a reality. Kinda like it in shiny paint now, love to see it photochopped into some subdued darker colors.
     
  16. I was thinking the left one looks more like a Clyde, while the right is definitely Floyd.
     
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  17. Murphy32
    Joined: Oct 17, 2007
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    55-56 Merc?

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  18. My vote is for a variation of the Merc.
     
  19. Pretty sure they are '56 Packard.
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  20. Murphy32
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    Yeeeaaah...I'm gonna go along with the Packard, the head-on view is the tell-
     
  21. gimpyshotrods
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    Why not just email Larry and ask?
     
  22. Atwater Mike
    Joined: May 31, 2002
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    COOOL MERC... Hey, check out the color-coordinated blonde! Remember when chicks dressed like their cars? Like Terri Gar, and her 450 Mercedes, painted in the same pattern as her pant suit?


    I did up a Hudson Headlamp trick with two Darth Vader helmets. Guys said, "Packard? Merc?" The breathing gave it away...
     
  23. Larry's a member here.
     
  24. Quintin
    Joined: Mar 19, 2012
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    And that voodoo Sahara has alot of mud too. That dude posts picks of them in filler. Go check the car out with a magnet. I do body work for a living, if you want a car straight, there will be filler in it. No questions about it. I'm not cutting down his work, people just need to realize that metal work in pictures is VERY deceiving.

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